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April 1995 - In the English Tradition
This concert was dedicated to the memory of Franklin O. Doughty, member of ECAS. Jeffrey Baer was the guest conductor for this performance with Robert Young as organist. Phyllis Oldham was principal soprano soloist. The first half of the program included works by Thomas Morley, “Said I That Amaryllis”, John Wilbye, “Adieu, Sweet Amaryllis”, John Farmer, “Fair Phyllis”, Henry Purcell, “In These Delightful Pleasant Groves”, G. F. Handel, “Hallelujah, Amen” (from Judas Maccabaeus), Edward Elgar, “My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land”, R. Vaughan Williams, “Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge”, and John Rutter’s “Let’s Begin Again”. The second half was John Rutter’s moving “Requiem”. Accompaniment included Diane Thomas (flute), Carrie Zubrowski (cello), John O’Meara (oboe), Tom Clark and Chris Reavis (percussion) and Ira Poberezhnaya (harp). 

December 1995 - Christmas Ornaments
This concert is a repackaging of traditional American and English Christmas “caroles” in a seasonal celebration featuring compositions by John Rutter, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Randol Alan Bass. John Rutter composed the opening carols in varying styles to paint three different views of the Christ child, the angels’s protective watch, “Angel’s Carol”, Mary’s maternal tenderness, “Shepherd’s Pipe Carol”, and the shepherd boy’s childlike musical gift, “Christmas Lullaby”“Christmas Ornaments” is a cantata written by Bass, that weaves sacred and secular songs of the season together. Included are: “Personent Hodie”, “Deck the Halls”, “Lullaby Carols”, “Bell Carols”, “I Wonder as I Wander”, with a solo by Patricia Rubin, and “The Twelve Days of Christmas”. Williams “Fantasia on Christmas Carols”,  based on traditional English Christmas carols, “Herefordshire”, “Somerset”, “Sussex” and another “Herefordshire” melody and includes a baritone solo by Jeffrey Baer, accompanied by Ranee Reitz.

Acknowledgements: The Easton Choral Arts Society is supported in part by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council and the Talbot County Arts Council.

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